Example sentences of "look [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I arrived at Wuthering Heights that afternoon , I was shocked to see how much worse the house looked than when I used to live there . |
| 2 | Childline , Childline Den got us a Hovis loaf it looks than the other one . |
| 3 | ‘ I wo n't stop asking you , ’ I say , and she looks guarded , pleased , looks like she 's trying not to show anything . |
| 4 | But it looks like the next generation is here . |
| 5 | But what looks like a lock-up just means that the program needs time to respond before any further keys are struck — a ‘ wait ’ sign or similar signal could be usefully displayed here . |
| 6 | Freud , in Civilization and its Discontents , advanced the profoundly historicist suggestion that we should be cautious about interpreting the miseries of earlier times , since what now looks like unacceptable suffering may have felt less so in a different culture . |
| 7 | If I see one that looks like it 's growing good , I might give it some extra feed and talk to it a bit . ’ |
| 8 | Rambo 's won first time , and now it looks like they 've got a decent horse . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Well , now that I am here it looks like I shall stay until things quieten down . |
| 10 | It 's odd by current supercar standards because as BMW 's 300bhp V12 engine was never meant to be a stressed item — it is carried in a subframe sling — but otherwise it looks like it could be built tomorrow . |
| 11 | It looks like they 're going to say summat bad on account of how serious they 're looking . |
| 12 | His leg looks like it 's broke — it 's sticking out at a funny angle . |
| 13 | The lights in the caff are still on — it looks like it 's open , but it ai n't , cos I tried the doors and they 're locked . |
| 14 | It looks like the shop door has once more closed in his face . |
| 15 | Looks like I wo n't be on Wogan on Monday . |
| 16 | ‘ Hullo , angel child ! ’ says a buxom blonde to a thin youth who looks like he 's in training to become a sales manager . |
| 17 | ‘ And it looks like we 'll be moving there , if she sticks to the asking price , so you 'd better get used to the idea . |
| 18 | ‘ Looks like we 're not the only people to work out this Mallory thing . ’ |
| 19 | Looks like we 've got the right number . ’ |
| 20 | Simon pulled himself up inside the kiosk : ‘ It looks like a bomb 's hit it ! — Is that the cash-box over there ? |
| 21 | Looks like they went berserk . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Looks like somebody 's home . |
| 23 | To me , ti just looks like the fools are running scared . |
| 24 | As for movies which might use the old gothic mechanisms to haunt the imagination in more complex ways , to plunge you into the real nightmare of history , in the politically and morally conservative world of modern Hollywood it looks like they do n't stand a ghost of a chance |
| 25 | It looks like she 's going to last for a lot more than that . ’ |
| 26 | The critics ' favourite accusation that Neverland looks like a theme park is fair , though hardly a criticism — most children and adults enjoy Disneyland , and the movie is no more garish than The Wizard of Oz , a great children 's film which has been rendered critically respectable by age . |
| 27 | ‘ Looks like they are just comin' over the Cathedral wall . |
| 28 | ‘ Looks like it hurts , ’ laughed Sandy , wresting the straw away from Meg and drinking her milk-shake noisily . |
| 29 | ‘ A young girl has been found dead , looks like she was stabbed . |
| 30 | He 's got to work this one out for himself sooner or later , and it looks like it 's going to be sooner . ’ |